Posts tagged "big cat"

That feline lightsaber duel from earlier really got me in the mood to see more cats playing with lasers, so here's another great video from Big Cat Rescue. The last time we checked in with BCR, they showed us how the big cats (ie. tigers, lions, leopards and jaguars) are really just like the domesticated cats we have at home. A tiger doesn't look so scary when he's chasing around a giant plastic ball. (Except they really can rip your throat out or eat you alive, so don't get cocky around one.) What other toys that our cats love work just as well on big cats? If you said "laser pointers," you are right! But it's not like you're some kind of genius. It says it right there in the title. Seriously, you are being really cocky today! Settle down.

Big cats. Lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards. The kings of the jungle and whatnot. Think about one. What do you see? Probably something pretty majestic. The magnificent beast sits regally upon some rock or something, the master of all he surveys. He is relaxed, but could strike at any moment. He is fierce and proud. If he could speak, his voice would probably be deep and resonant and demanding of your attention and respect. Like Dennis Haysbert's.

Or maybe your imagination conjures a lion on the hunt. Tearing across the plains in pursuit of some antelope, he snarls, bearing his fangs and his shiny claws. He takes down his prey in a flurry of blood and dust, standing over the kill and roaring his triumph as his pride draws near to feast.

Or alternatively, perhaps the cat you see in your mind is rolling around with a giant plastic doughnut like a big doofus, scuttling the image of the noble beast that those other cats we talked about work so hard to create.

"Pamper yourself," he told me. "Take a day at the spa. Get a massage. Have a facial. Get your fur and claws done. Enjoy yourself -- you deserve it!" he said.

Nobody mentioned the mandatory mud bath involved at Le Spa Daily Squee, however. And I do not. like. getting. dirty. Do I look relaxed? Do I look happy? For our next anniversary, I'd better get some serious jewelry. Or at least those juicy gazelle treats I've had my eye on.

Nobody's going to argue that Bai Ling is a little... eccentric. From the clothes she wears to the interviews she gives, she's a truly unique individual, so it's not all that surprising that she has a very unique cat.

Her cat, Quiji (the Chinese word for magic) is half domestic cat, half cheetah, according to PeoplePets.com, who spoke to Ling about her fancy feline. The cat, which was a gift from an ex-boyfriend, cost around $30,000.

Ling has always been an animal lover, and tells PeoplePets.com, "In my previous life, I was a cheetah or leopard or some sort of really wild and dangerous animal in nature." She's quick to point out that Quiji isn't dangerous, though: "The thing is, Quiji is really the most affectionate, even compared to human beings."